Bhuj, 27 July 2014

A group of Muslims today damaged over two dozen vehicles including police vehicles outside the ‘B’ division police station of Bhuj, the town which is district headquarters of border district Kutch in Gujarat.

Muslims had filed complaint against a youth who allegedly hurt their religious sentiments by a comment on social networking site Facebook.
When police arrested one youth who had posted that comment, the Muslims rushed to the ‘B’ division police station in Bhuj in large number and demanded that said youth should be handed over to them so that they can beat him in public.

When police denied their demand, Muslims went on rampage and started attacking police station with stones. Over two dozen vehicles parked outside the police station and in surrounding area were damaged due to heavy stone pelting by Muslims.

Police wanted to take a suspect to court, but it could not be made possible by violent mob of Muslims for more than couple of hours.

Police lobbed tear gas shells and fired five rounds in air to flush out the violent mob from the area.

For last few months, Muslims from various pockets of Kutch have started visiting police stations in groups to file complaint again some or other comment or post on Facebook of Whatsapp which they allege hurt their religious sentiments. Such new type of complaints are proving headache for police.

From social media and local newspapers in Bhuj